Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-03-11
A NEW YORK SUIT OF LOCAL IN
TER EST

From the New York Tribune Of March 10
Ellie STACEY Charlier, son uf the founder Of the
Nharhrr Institute, appeared yesterday Ia the sii-
pr'ur court before Justice. bonohue and fury
a. the defendant iu "a suit brought against him
and Clement Dupuy by the Panama railroad com
pany. The complaint -s.ts forth that ~ hi the d,
PENDANTS We're employed by the company la it,
offices at AspinWal IN lsSi several hundred thous.
aud dollars belonging T. the company we're Ia
their hands and that they have faipd to account
for nearly Sib.nn The pr.ciS. amount missing is
not known The suit Is brought To determine.
what amount is due the company and a. obtain a
Judgment for that sum The. defence Of Charlirr
IS general denial. Dupuy Is said to have gone
tn Franc" and has not been served with "A sum.
mons Charlirr, a finch looking man 81 N. bald,
with brown lrard aud wearing guld-rimmc,i
sprrtaclts Sat near his counsel, Algrruu : Sulli
van. The company was represented 10y eN .Iudg,.
William q. Choate and Joseph I.aruelu-
Evidence was adduced to show that Charlier
went Ia Aspinwal in January, 1895, and entered
the service OF the company as buokk,Nper. Dii-
puy was thrn cashier and aftrrward held the ".
nct'S OF cashier and auditor. In March, iSsi dur
ing the revolt against the government OF the Uni
ted states Of Colombia, the offices Of the cumpa-
ny we're burned. Temporary offices were eStab-
lishrd Ia the cashier hOus. on the beach at Co
Ion, and he and Charter reported that they had
found IN the safes Ia tn, burnt building S2g ~ ~
In gold and 81. 60 In silver in the currency of the
country. ON May ~ the cashier took "A vacation
aud did not resume his duties until July /. Dur
ing thstlme, while Mr., Charlier was acting tenn
purarily cashier, il was discovered that accom-
my I" the books I'LL 81 5000 had h--'n paid
twice Investigation showed that in reality this
Till hli not b'rn paid twice, but that nearly 81
az as missing from he safe Charter said that
he would examine the houks and that all would h..
right. Dupuy returned aud acted rs general 81.
I-.rntendent as well as cashier and auditor until
October, -, lSN5. when he and Charlirr we're dis
missed. as they had made no satisfactory eNpla-
nation.
George Smith Graf, assistant auditor Of the
company from October 1881, to June % 1915 de
posed that Charlirr, while acting a. cashier had
the combination Of the cUmpauy's safes and
handled great deal Of money. He was in the
habit Of exchanging gold for silver with the ma
tNrs, charging them a commission Of - per cent
William h. Buckmaster, teller Of the railroad
company, testified that at the time Of the fr- tn.
three rescued safes wer,. opened by Charrr aud
Dupuy and that at their request he signed their
statement OF the amount Of money found al
though he did not know personally how much II
was
At the session ON Thursday Mr. Charlirr made a
ia bed statement in his own behalf claiming
that b" had used every possible effort to protect tn,
company's property, and II there had been any
irrrgularity in the affairs he was not knowing "a
H. At the great fire during the instruction a
quantity Of gold and silver coin belonging to the
natives was melted into bullion Two or three
days after the fire the witness and Mr. Dupuy
mounted on a ladder to the second story where
they opened the safes, took out the money car,
rted il to hOuS.' ON the beach and protected il
Next day the funds were counted and from them
the employees were paid of. Mr.. ChnrlI-r came
ON 10 New York soon after to get married and
just AS he was ready To return received NOTES. that
he need not do So
The trial will occupy several days